Spatial coherence and information entropy in optical vortex fields.

abstract

• We show how a vortex structure manifests itself in the one-dimensional projection of a vortex field. We calculate the extent of spatial coherence and entropy of such projections. We quantify the spatial coherence and discuss the properties of the Wigner functions for the projected field.

authors

• Agarwal, Girish

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Agarwal, G. S., & Banerji, J.

citation count

• 38

complete list of authors

• Agarwal, GS||Banerji, J

publication date

• May 2002

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5103 Classical Physics

PubMed Central ID

• 18007932

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/ol.27.000800

start page

• 800

end page

• 802

volume

• 27

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.27.000800